The Lawbreaker "Hill" Race 2009
I braved the roads this morning to go and run The Lawbreaker, 5km up and down The Law in the Ochil hills from Tillicoultry. I had an idea that the vast amounts of snow would make the course an insurance nightmare, and indeed, as I had guessed, the route was changed to 3 laps at low level.
I've been running a lot recently - this week was my 7th in a row where my mileage was over 40 miles. However, I've done very little intense running for months now as I attempt to build a better running base and improve my endurance and my speed over the longer distances.
In spite of that, I ran pretty well and came 26th of 68 runners. I wasn't any closer to the winner (Prasad) than Tinto but I was closer to a lot of other runners who would normally have been well ahead of me. I paced it not too bad, didn't get overtaken much on the climbs but lost a few places (from a fast start) on the icy descents.
